, make the city a better community. he reached out, not only as a leader of the black community, he reached out to the white community, business leaders, and was one of the rare individuals in the 1960's who could bridge that gap without alienating anyone. he had this persona, a presence about him that was open, friendly, transparent, and he was able to bridge that gap when no one else was able to. what he did was to look at the business leaders. he ran for the legislature. he was tapped in the early 1970's, just a decade after all of the problems in birmingham, to make it an all-american city, and that got his attention to the city. once he became a member of the legislature, once he became a member of the legislation, he continued to do that. he wore to with all segments. he truly was a representative not only of the black community in birmingham but for all of birmingham and all of jefferson county, and it was just his persona. you just have to know chris, and you know him well. he has got that booming voice, even at

title better cities. i strongly recommend that you acquire this magazine and read it. it is not as much about policy, but generally reflections on the city. commissioner antonini: find you. i would like to ask that we adjourn tonight meeting or today's memory -- today's meeting in memory of a couple of individuals who died in our absence. first is john casper. -- don casper. he was a longtime civil service commissioner, an attorney, a leader in the community columbus day celebrations and active in san francisco politics and tragically was hit by a hit-and- run driver of the russian river on his nightly run that he would take four years and years -- and unfortunately, the individual involved has not been apprehended. there is a reward fund. the second individual was a 22- year old gentleman who was working to we want jobs in an unusual way to support his wife and two children. he would work at night in a restaurant and state of during the night because he would work as a baker in the morning. he was taking a break between his two jobs, and he was shot and killed because

congratulations to all the community ambassadors for their commitment and passion to making sanfrancisco a better city. [applause] >> thank you, jenny. before we introduce the ambassadors, we would like to make a special thank you to some of the community advocates who have really pushed and inspired us to do better, and not just once, but every day, i hear from at least one of them. you have already heard their names, sharon hewitt, marlene tram, roger 10, eddie tseng. [applause] thank you so much, you are our inspiration. now we are going to introduce the community ambassadors team. as mayor lee said, in 2010 last year following a series of high- profile assaults, community activists demanded action. our city leaders responded. not only responded, but excelled because of their commitment and leadership. so we have concluded in june a successful yearlong pilot with very positive results, and more important, the community felt like they were a part of this program. this is all about the community, regardless of how panty the uniforms look or how many praises you hear from people. it is about the commu

other cities are doing better than we are. that is an important issue we have the highest rate in the city, and you're probably higher than any other city. " we have spent on pedestrian safety over the last four years is close to $13 million. >> how to balance the needs of the district compared to the city? supervisor kim: it is interesting representing a district and a collection of neighborhoods. for me, it is interesting because i represent the city of san francisco. i mean you represent those who live in the district. i care very deeply about what is going on in terms of racial tension between asian and african american communities in the bayview or whether we're talking about muni were talking about public safety issues in other neighborhoods -- i think it is important for me to support the issue's going around the neighborhood. i think most san francisco residents do not identify themselves by their district. >> once again, the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including whether to raise taxes and fees or whether

congratulations to all the community ambassadors for their commitment and passion to making sanfrancisco a better city. [applause] >> thank you, jenny. before we introduce the ambassadors, we would like to make a special thank you to some of the community advocates who have really pushed and inspired us to do better, and not just once, but every day, i hear from at least one of them. you have already heard their names, sharon hewitt, marlene tram, roger 10, eddie tseng. [applause] thank you so much, you are our inspiration. now we are going to introduce the community ambassadors team. as mayor lee said, in 2010 last year following a series of high- profile assaults, community activists demanded action. our ci

city's economic development. are we on the right track? what would you like to change about the approach to developing the economy? >> we are getting better. the city as got more proactive about attracting businesses and new industries and providing incentives for them to come and stay here. it is still a very expensive place to do business in terms of the cost of labor, land. we need to make sure that we are not taxing businesses to the point that it is not profitable and we are not attractive for them to be here. we need to reform our payroll tax. that is an incentive not to create jobs. i know the board president david chu is working on possibility this there -- possibilities there. i look forward to working with him. we've targeted efforts to revitalize areas and bring industries here with the tax holiday and proposal introduced yesterday relating to parts of the tenderloin to provide some payroll tax relief to encourage businesses like twitter and others to go there. >> the governor has proposed eliminating funding for redevelopment agencies. what is your opinion of the plan? what are your thoughts on the value of redevelopment agenc

show that spirit, by continuing to embrace our freedoms, live with courage and make this an even better city for all of our children, we will truly honor the memory of all those we lost, sincerely michael bloomberg. i have a few thanks -- warm thanks to diane idman, to doing a the monuments today. 2001, they worked with joel and the state department and created 35 exhibitions of the which traveled throughout the world as a state department said to our friends and enemies alike and was seen by 4 million people. and the for the installation of the photographs and to the julliard and the president of the julliard, dr. robert polisi for graciously giving us the julliard chamber orchestra for this evening. to phaeden the publisher of this publisher book and liz thompson and to the studio director for joel marowit to my assistants who tried to live my life on time. and to joel merowitz who brought this project to my attention. it is an honor to have him here tonight. [applause] >> thank you, paul. and thank you for live at the new york public library for opening this magnificent room to us. when i

city. you can give us the advice about better legislation, about better programs, about being more sensitive to families in this city, and to our youth, to the future leaders that this city will have pirie whether you are a police officer or police chief, firefighter, or you may become a doctor or nurse or a teacher or you may become a librarian for the batter for the next giants team, or you may become a social service worker, or you may become a major -- mayor, in all of these efforts, we need your input. we need your advice. it is with great pleasure that we have this opportunity to point you to our youth commission. as a whole body, we need to listen to our youth, so we know which is the right and wrong directions for us to go to and what your needs are. whether it is education, whether it is in sports and social programs for socializing, whether it is ideas about how to make your life safer, whether your communities are safer, or whether it is just how to make the city a happier place, we need that input. so i want to thank all of your family and friends here today because they will nee

as a city, we need to do much better at creating an environment where we have more jobs and economic development. we are also extremely challenge in our public transit. we talk about being a transit first city, but everyone has had the experience of sitting in gridlock, waiting for the bus, trying to hail that tab, walking on pedestrian sidewalks that are not particularly safe. as a city, we need to do more to invest in the first-class transportation system. >> what are some of the biggest issues facing your district? >> in addition to the local economy that impacts the merchant corridors, to many vacant storefronts, transit issues, in every neighborhood we're having a real conversation about how we change, whether we should preserve aspects of the important characters of our neighborhood or think about building new things. there is also a real discussion we're having in many neighborhoods about affordability. i hear from too many tenants in the process of being evicted, homeowners being foreclosed on. we need to think about how all of us can continue to live in a city where the whole

city government? is it a fear that maybe those outsiders are better workers than most of the city workers we have now? [bell chimes] is a politically correct to ask the question that maybe we should be hiring based on merit other than so-called agenda connections, which always gets us stuck in city hall but nothing gets done about it. what is done with hiring people that can get the job done on time? thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. is there any other member of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, we had the legislation before us. the question has been raised on making sure that the legislation reflects that we are talking about operating an operating budget. is there a motion to make that change? >> motion to amend. >supervisor campos: motion by supervisor farrell. for purposes of the public and the folks watching this hearing, it would be adding the words with an annual operating fundswi operatingthin annual operating funds." it would read, the annual a pretentiousness shall contain a separate appropriation within an annual operati

new york city, d.c., better chances for showers, d.c. and south coastal edge of the carolinas, that's part of the frontal boundary. so we're in between two systems. we'll see some better chance for showers towards philly and new york city as we work our way into tomorrow. veronica? >> not good news, thanks, todd. >>> wall street licks its wounds, wall street tumbles and boeing's dreams finally come true. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> the steelers and colts go down to the wire. another first for cam newton and michael vick is hurt again. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else? why did you buy my husband a falcon? thanks for the falcon. i didn't buy anyone a falcon. sure, you did. you saved us a lot of money on auto insurance. i used that money to buy a falcon. ergo, you bought me a falcon. i should've got a falcon. most people who switch to state farm save on average about $480. what they do with it, well, that's their business. oh,

we have to embrace that legacy staff and repurchased them in other areas that we can benefit the city better with those folks. so our decision to recently go to a more enterprise version of cloud computing was leveraging e-mail in the crowd -- that was a major decision. ground-breaking decision for the city and county, but one that we feel will better prepare us for the future and better enable us to implement other technologies to help move the city forward and to help lift the technical maturity within the city. that is what we are charged to do. as an i.t. organization within the city, and to your comment earlier, it is something we face everyday, a challenge we face every day. leveraging legacy. respecting legacy, yet implementing technology to meet the needs of the business of the city and the needs of the constituents within the city. >> thank you. having a question for you or -- when you say cloud, there are multiple model ser -- models. let me simplify them. one is instead of building your own data center which companies would do 10 years ago and build your own computer room at gener

city contracts. in the past, those would be awarded mostly to non-san francisco businesses. san francisco needs to do a better job of cultivating business innovation. we need to be the city that competes with silicon valley to attract clean tech, biotech companies. we can do a better job of nurturing creative industries. we need to create a better economy for our local artists. this is a city that has many thousands of small businesses. as someone who used to run a small business, the city can do a much better job of nurturing that sector. that is part of the life blood of who we are as san franciscans. >> we could do better. are we on the right track? >> i think we are in a transition right now. we have an interim mayor and a new board of supervisors. i do think we have a new tone at city hall to move things forward. we have a lot of challenges we are facing. i am doing everything i can to put us back on track. >> let's talk about the role of sports in the city's economic future. are you happy with the plans for the america's cup? >> i have been a huge fan of the america's cup. i am proud of this board came

city. such is their desperation for food and water. they live in squalor, but their chances of survival are far better than those outside the city. some aid is now getting through. it is only a fraction of what is being delivered to somalia. they still control large parts of the region. it is reportedly stopping western aid agencies from reaching those in need. the u.n. refugee agencies high commissioner visited the camp on wednesday and talk to some of the refugees. he wanted to see it for himself the chronic lack of basic supplies. his message to the outside world was clear. not enough is being done for these people. if things do not change, millions of civilians will die. >> this deadly combination. >> at the young are particularly at risk. the u.s. agency for international development says that more than 29,000 children under the age of five starved to death in somalia in the last three months alone. every day, hundreds more refugees arrived at camps all over the city. they construct shelters. this is, for the foreseeable future. the survival is wholly dependent on aid. right now, there are no guarantees. >> president obama w